The Financial Planning Association of New Jersey (FPANJ) reports that they continue to hear of people who receive phone calls or voicemails from “the IRS” demanding payment or requesting a debit/credit card number or even threatening to bring in local police.  The scammers tend to target older individuals.  The FPANJ wants to remind you that the IRS will never contact you by phone and will never demand immediate payment.   The IRS issued a consumer alert in 2014 pointing out five easy ways to spot a suspicious call that still applies today.  Click HERE to read the alert.